facing new legal and political fallout following his cnn town hall. we ll take a look at the comments that may have stuck out to prosecutors as some republicans also voice concern over a few things he said. and a debt ceiling meeting between president biden and top congressional leaders gets postponed. what that could mean for the looming debt ceiling crisis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 12th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with a new overnight, the pandemic era immigration policy known as title 42 has officially expired. already we re seeing a massive influx of migrants at the southern border. homeland security officials say illegal border crossings topped 10,000 per day this week, the highest levels ever. the biden administration is urging those seeking entry into the united states to use lawful pathways. we are clear-eyed about the challenges we are likely to face in days and weeks ahead, and we
uphill battle for president biden heading into 2024. the president facing negative approval ratings and widespread concerns about his age. and ading to headaches to the white house, the special counsel investigating the president s son hunter biden plans to seek an indictment against him on gun charges by the end ofrt month. donald trump also facing continued legal challenge this is morning. one of his aids is flipping on him. an i.t. worker threatened with prosecution in the classified documents case is now cooperating with prosecutors. new this morning, double manhunts in washington, d.c. and how that pennsylvania fugitive broke out of prison. and new overnight, the boss postponing his september concerts as he deals with peptic ulcer disease. cnn this morning starts right now. this just in. we have brand new polling this morning and the numbers are rough for president biden. it could spell trouble for democrats and the president s hopes for reelection in 2024. sti
to say about the possibility of taking the witness stand in his own defense in the classified documents case. and also ahead an update on president biden s covid status following the first lady s infection as he s set to leave today for a major summit overseas. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, september 7th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with the first major hearing for the fulton county election interference case that ended in a loss for two defendants. sidney powell and kenneth chesebro were denied their requests to split their trials. the pair each requested speedy trials but did not want to be in court together. district attorney fani willis is still pushing to keep all 19 codefendants together, trying them all on the expedited trial date that chesebro was granted. now, fulton county superior court judge scott mcafee did not seemed convinced that could be possible. it just seems a bit unrealistic
of the most highly auctioned of any painter ever, but also for that spirit, for that energy, for the way that what is valued is what we decide has value. so graffiti or street culture or something that might be someone else s discarded material could be to you an inspiration. so this brings me to something special we re doing in the spirit of all this, as i mentioned, in l.a. i want to share with you on thursday, september 7th, we are joining with basquiat s sisters who you just saw for this special event called beat bop. it deals with art, basquiat and hip-hop. i invite you to go to msnbc.com/beatla. i will be there. you ll meet them, you ll meet them, and there s more details about the event. it s an unusual event because you ll be able to go see works, some of which are from the family and have never been shown before, in the actual l.a. basquiat exhibit, then we re going to have a panel where i m
two run homer that put tampa up 7-0 in the eighth, the final score 8-2. meanwhile the nfl schedule has been released and the super bowl champion kansas city chiefs will get that traditional home opener on a thursday night. they host the twin lions of all teams. that ll be thursday, september 7th. the chiefs will play six prime time games including a super bowl rematch against the philadelphia eagles on a monday night in week 11 as well as an afc title game rematch against the cincinnati bengals on new year s eve. other highlights include last season s nfc championship contenders. the eagles and the san francisco 49ers, they ll face-off again this time in philly in week 13. the top two picks in the draft quarterbacks bryce young and c.j. stroud are scheduled to meet in week eight when the carolina panthers host the houston texans. quarterback aaron rogers will